MikeNUFC wrote:It doesnt think it's about Kim at allAbout 25 To Life
Like Common’s “I Used To Love H.E.R.” and 2Pac’s “Me and My Girlfriend”, this song isn’t what it seems at first glance. It sounds like a kiss-off to a jealous, neglectful, emotionally abusive lover—Eminem has recorded plenty of those—but the ending reveals that it’s a kiss-off to a jealous, neglectful, emotionally abusive little art form called hip-hop
This ode is not without its problems: just what about hip-hop is Em blaming for treating him so poorly over the years? Is it the industry? The audience? The media? The medium? And how seriously can we take the claim that Eminem is divorcing hip-hop once and for all when it comes to us on an album billed as his triumphant return to it?
Exegetical fodder aside, “25 To Life” is a cleverly nuanced testament to Em’s refusal to fade into oblivion without a fight: he’s flipping the script and hating the game, not the player
Not gonna lie, I only clicked on a few of the first lines and saw they were referring to Kim. I take the retarded facepalm emote back then.
